Simple Machine Vocabulary
Across
- 3. a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force.
- 6. any of several devices with few or no moving parts that are used to modify motion and force in order to perform work.
- 8. a triangular shaped tool, a portable inclined plane, and one of the six simple machines
- 10. a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes.
Down
- 1. strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
- 2. the point on which the beam pivots
- 4. a plane inclined at an angle to the horizontal.
- 5. a rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to help move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other.
- 7. simply an inclined plane around a cylinder.
- 8. the amount of force that is applied to an object multiplied by the distance the object is moved.
- 9. the assembly formed by two disks, or cylinders, of different diameters mounted